Donald Trump told G7 leaders Iran is 'about to surrender', officials claim

Donald Trump told G7 leaders Iran is 'about to surrender', officials claim
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Jack Walters

By Jack Walters


Published: 13/03/2026

- 09:29

Updated: 13/03/2026

- 09:47

'I got rid of a cancer that was threatening us all,' the US President told allies

Donald Trump told G7 leaders that Iran is "about to surrender", three officials briefed on the virtual meeting have claimed.

The US President is believed to have suggested there were no officials left alive in Tehran, hailing Operation Epic Fury as helping to "get rid of a cancer that was threatening us all".


Two officials claim Mr Trump said: "Nobody knows who is the leader, so there is no one that can announce surrender."

Mr Trump was also said to have labelled Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei a "lightweight".

The Iranian supreme leader, who succeeded his father Ali Khamenei, released a message vowing to avenge "martyrs" and open new fronts in the conflict "where the enemy has little experience and is highly vulnerable".

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